Galleri Christoffer Egelund proudly presents PAREIDOLIA, the second solo show in Copenhagen by Australian artist Saxon Quinn whose abstract works contain references to untamed childhood imagination, freedom, pareidolia and overload of positive energy. Saxon Quinn’s latest paintings invite the viewer to observe the creative combination of both an abstract and figurative approach. The 20 new works on canvas carry a sense of speed and intensity, gestures urgent and alive, offering a glimpse into the artist’s room: its movements, chaos, freedom and clarity.

The exhibition is a window into Saxons world of raw, naive and instinct brush stokes influenced by his serious interest in history and heritage of Abstract Modernism, among others the Danish CoBrA painters. The works draw on the influence of Asger Jorn, intertwined with Quinn’s own evolving language of faces and masks. Across the body of works, faces emerge, dissolve and collide. Never fixed, but reflecting something broader and more collective. Like Jorn and other CoBrA painters, Quinn leans into a raw, childlike approach, prioritising instinct and imagination over control. Learning about Jorn’s shift toward a more instinctive way of working struck a chord for Quinn. Not as a comparison, but as a nudge to let go, trust the process, and allow the work to evolve without restraint and bounderies.